Tweet On Wednesday January 10, 2018 we presented our 5th tasting tour of noodles held all over downtown Vancouver. The evening event started off at Cha La Tea in Yaletown where guests had a chance to enjoy a couple of different teas. Each of the restaurants participating had served up a couple of different noodle dishes as Tasting Bowls or Plates for guests to enjoy. Guests then had a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. Cha Le Tea Mint Majik Milk Tea Dragonwell Green Tea Robba Da Matti Spaghetti alle Vongole -Extra virgin olive oil, garlic, chillies, Pinot Grigio and Manila clams) Rigatoni Pomodoro & Basil Flower & Horse in Spring Crossing the Bridge rice-noodle: Holy Cow Yunnan Style specialty rice-noodle: Soft & Smooth Wasabi Sushi ‘n Noodle Scallion with Spicy Pepper Tseng Noodles with Soft-Boiled Egg Traditional Hokkaido Style Miso Ramen + Teriyaki Chicken with House special sauce Water Street Café Rigatoni with Italian Sausage Orecchiette Pesto The restaurants featured many unique and tasty noodle dishes to our guests throughout the event. By: Richard...

Tweet Tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants in Vancouver! This 5th annual noodle tasting extravaganza is presented by Vancouver Foodster. See Richard Wolak (Creator/Founder of Noodle Mania and VancouverFoodster.com) on the Global TV Morning News Saturday Chef with Chef Ui Ratsomjit in 2016. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Bowls or Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. You may have a chance to taste all sorts of noodles from chow mein to spaghetti to mac & cheese, pho, pad thai, ramen and more. Touring many ethnic eateries and tasting noodle dishes including American, Chinese, Filipino, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Southern, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and more. If you haven’t been to our previous Noodle Mania event, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on Food Finds (view here). Visit each of the participating restaurants at your leisure by car or use transit. Registration: Cha Le Tea Merchant -this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Noodle Mania passports. Participating Restaurants 1741 Robson St, Vancouver Web: https://www.facebook.com/flowerandhorseinspring/ Instagram @flowerandhorseinspring Cuisine: Yunnan style of Chinese cuisine Neighborhood: Westend Robba Da Matti 1127 Mainland Street, Vancouver Web: http://www.robbadamatti.com/ Twitter: @Robba_daMatti Instagram: @robba_damatti Cuisine: Italian Neighborhood: Yaletown Yaletown’s Italian Tapas wine bar, a family-run, authentic Italian restaurant. We source the highest quality imported ingredients from Italy & combine them with seasonal ingredients. Water Street Cafe 300 Water St, Vancouver Web:http://www.waterstreetcafe.ca/ Twitter: @waterstcafe Instagram: @waterstcafe Cuisine: Italian, westcoast and seafood Neighborhood: Gastown The Water St.Café established...

Tweet Join us and explore the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver and tantalize your taste buds at a selection of restaurants and cafes. This brunch tasting extravaganza is on Saturday November 25 from 10am until 2pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, and learn about each of the participating places. Check out our most recent Tasting Plates Brunch tour here! Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: Welcome Parlour – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Participating Restaurants and establishments Maru Korean Bistro 125 2nd St E, North Vancouver Tel: 604-566-6292 Web: http://www.marukoreanbistro.com/ Instagram: @marukoreanbistro Chef Bobby Shin and David Jo’s first restaurant after Bap’s Kitchen catering service. Here, we minimize the usage of artificial food ingredients and MSG for health of customers and try to offer the best meal at all the times with our heart and soul. Our restaurant is inspired by the “Baek ban jip”, a folksy dining restaurant that offers home style and casual foods. The Juicery Co 254 1st St E, North Vancouver Web: http://www.thejuiceryco.ca/ Twitter: @TheJuiceryCo Instagram @TheJuiceryCo The Juicery Co is an Organic, Cold Pressed Juice & Nut Mylk Shop that Delivers throughout Metro Vancouver. As a family they have decided to share their knowledge of juicing with their community to provide others with the specific nutrients they require to...

Tweet On Wednesday October 18 we presented another exciting tour in our Tasting Plates series as we visited Chinatown, this time around the focus was on the new diverse restaurants which have opened in the area over the past few months. Attendees enjoyed various food and drink stops throughout the area as well we featured a multi vendor pop-up inside the Dalina grocery store which gave people a chance to meet the mostly local food producers and taste there offerings. Klaus’s Kaffe Haus Lavazza Coffee Straight outta Brooklyn Choose any 2 slices from this selection Original – Margherita Classic – Pepperoni White – Mozzarella, fior di latte, ricotta, grana padano, garlic, oregano Spice – Capicollo, spicy salami “The Olive and caper” a vegan option. Umaluma Umaluma’s Tasting Plate featured a deconstructed pumpkin pie gelato with coconut whip cream and roasted hazelnuts, ‘Shot in the Dark’ chocolate shot with tangy sea buckthorn powder, and a pallet cleansing raspberry sorbetto featuring freeze dried raspberries, silver specked chocolate, and a puff of Manuka Honey foam. Dalina 4 stations situated throughout the store Station 1: Hot pasta with Jules and Kent Pasta Sauces Station 2: Lisa Lou’s & Dalina Collaboration Hot chocolate Station 3: Naked Snacks selection Station 4: Betterwith Ice Cream The restaurants, and cafes featured unique and tasty dishes to our guests to eat and drink throughout the event. By: Richard...

Tweet Join us and explore the Yaletown neighborhood and tantalize your taste buds at a selection of restaurants and cafes. This brunch tasting extravaganza is on Saturday October 28 from 10am until 2pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: tba – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Participating Restaurants and establishments Patron Tacos & Cantina 265 Robson Street Tel: 604-558-3368 Web: http://www.patrontc.com/ Twitter: @patrontc Instagram @patrontc Cuisine: Mexican Relaxed, modern eatery serving contemporary Mexican fare & specialty margaritas. Ganache Patisserie 1262 Homer Street Web: http://ganacheyaletown.com/ Twitter: @ganacheyaletown Instagram @ganacheyaletown Cuisine: Bakery and Desserts Café Since opening in 2003, Ganache has established a reputation for its creative modern twists on classical recipes, from a wide selection of baked goods to desserts. Living Produce Aisle 1168 Hamilton Street Web: http://livingproduceaisle.com/ Twitter: @LPAyvr Instagram @livingproduceaisle Cuisine: Juice bar and salads Living Produce Aisle grows a variety of greens, including wheatgrass, micro broccoli, and micro arugula, and uses them to create delicious and nutrient-packed smoothies. The flats of greens as well as the Cultivators themselves are also for sale. Cha Le Tea Merchant Cafe 1207 Hamilton...

Tweet Join us and explore the Chinatown neighborhood and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants, cafes and market. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday October 18 from 6pm until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: Klaus’s Kaffe Haus – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Some of the participating Restaurants Straight outta Brooklyn 648 Main Street, Vancouver Web: http://straightouttabrooklynpizza.com/ Twitter: @straightbkpizza Instagram: @straightbkpizza Cuisine: New York style Pizza The “New York Pizza” dates back to 1905 when Gennaro Lombardi, an immigrant pizzaiolo from Naples, began to serve pizza in his Little Italy grocery store. Lombardi created a unique pizza style similar to that from the old country. He still focused on a thin crust and high quality ingredients, but his pizzas were served ‘to go’ and ‘by the slice’. His influence led to the emergence of Italian American Pizzaiolos who began to make quality slices all over the immigrant neighbourhoods in Brooklyn. To this day, Brooklyn is renowned for having New York’s best pizza. Our aim is to bring a little New York to Vancouver by giving you...

Tweet Join us and explore the UBC campus and tantalize your taste buds at several restaurants and cafes. This evening tasting extravaganza is on Wednesday September 27 from 6pm until 10pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates and Tasting Cups for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different types of restaurants throughout the event, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs, and learn about each of the participating restaurants. If you haven’t been to our previous Tasting Plates events, Novus TV featured one of our previous events on City Lights (view here). Visit our Tasting Plates site and view our past events, photos and more! Registration: tba – this is where you will show us your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Passports and menus. Some of the participating Restaurants Mahony & Sons 5990 University Blvd Web:http://mahonyandsons.com/ Twitter:@MahonyAndSons Instagram: @mahonyandsons Cuisine: Irish pub fare Easygoing spot offering imported & local brews, Irish pub fare with a fusion spin & live music. At Mahony & Sons, we serve true-to-tradition favourites and hearty pub fare of the finest quality. Authentically Irish, we take our food seriously and source the freshest, best ingredients to make your meal memorable. From our Guinness-infused soups and slow-cured Gammon bacon, to locally raised meats and semolina-crust pizzas, you’ll have a tough time picking favourites. Rain or Shine Ice Cream 6001 University Boulevard Web: http://rainorshineicecream.com/ Twitter: @rainorshineYVR Instagram: @rainorshineYVR Cuisine: Ice Cream Homemade ice cream in Vancouver using local, natural and fresh ingredients! We strive to make every one of our flavours as amazing as possible. We are constantly...